installing flash memory

MobileBiz · #1 (**permalink**) 10-11-2008, 06:59 AM

I know what RAM and ROM stand for but how are the terms used when it comes to WM? I've been using Palm OS for quites sometime. Do programs I purchase typically get installed to ROM like a hard disk drive on a computer? Is RAM the temporary storage used to run programs? Is the additional flash memory or card simply additional storage space similar to ROM? Thanks.

**themuffinman** · #2 (**permalink**) 10-11-2008, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by MobileBiz

I know what RAM and ROM stand for but how are the terms used when it comes to WM? I've been using Palm OS for quites sometime. Do programs I purchase typically get installed to ROM like a hard disk drive on a computer? Is RAM the temporary storage used to run programs? Is the additional flash memory or card simply additional storage space similar to ROM? Thanks.

You are correct.

MobileBiz · #3 (**permalink**) 10-11-2008, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by themuffinman

You are correct.

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Originally Posted by TurboFool

You pretty much said it right there. ROM is equivalent to the internal hard drive, RAM is RAM, and SD card is like the external hard drive.

Thanks! So the Sprint HTC Touch Pro does not have any flash memory at all just a card slot correct?

Does anyone remember the old programs like Stacker that used compression to increase hard drive capacity? Is anything like that available for cards or jump drives? Just curious if you could double the extra storage for the 4GB Diamond if you needed to.

**themuffinman** · #4 (**permalink**) 10-11-2008, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by MobileBiz

Thanks! So the Sprint HTC Touch Pro does not have any flash memory at all just a card slot correct?

Does anyone remember the old programs like Stacker that used compression to increase hard drive capacity? Is anything like that available for cards or jump drives? Just curious if you could double the extra storage for the 4GB Diamond if you needed to.

Well you can always get a 16gb microsd and have 4 times that of the diamond.

**TurboFool** · #5 (**permalink**) 10-11-2008, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by MobileBiz

I know what RAM and ROM stand for but how are the terms used when it comes to WM? I've been using Palm OS for quites sometime. Do programs I purchase typically get installed to ROM like a hard disk drive on a computer? Is RAM the temporary storage used to run programs? Is the additional flash memory or card simply additional storage space similar to ROM? Thanks.

You pretty much said it right there. ROM is equivalent to the internal hard drive, RAM is RAM, and SD card is like the external hard drive.